Improvement in farm-gates



3611i ml finite easa PETER M OUGEY, 0 F MARSHALLSVILLE, OHIO.

Letters Patent 1%. 83,197, dated October 20, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATES.

The Schedule referred to in thele Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER MOUGEY, of Marshallsville, in the county ofWayne, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inFarm-Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of my invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, of which drawings- Figure 1 is anelevation of my improved gate.

Figure 2 is aplan of the same Figure 3 is a plan of the operatinggate-plate.

Figure 4 is an elevation of the gate-latch.

' The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar arrangement ofmechanism, by which the gate is unlatched and opened, or closed andlatched, by the action of carriage-wheels on suitably-arranged levels,whereby I am enabled to open and close the gate without leaving thecarriage, with very simple mechanism, which is sure in its operation,and not liable to get out of repair.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

The gate, shown in drawings, is of an ordinary form, and is composed ofthe main post 0, rails A A, battens B B B, and cross-brace D.

It is hung on the gate-post N, by means of the board 0, the lower end,0, being arranged in a suitable step, or it can be hung .to saidgate-post by any other suit-able means, if preferred.

The gate-latch E is hung on a bolt, e, arranged in the cross-brace D,and centre batten B, and latches into a notch in the latch-post P.

The carriage-levers I J are made in the form shown, and are arranged ineyes or staples, i i, j j, on stones or sills, at such a distance fromthe gate, that the wheels of the carriage shall strike thecarriage-levers before the horse comes up to the gate and on the sidetowards which the gate swings, at such a distance from the gate, thatthe gate can swing open, clear of the horse.

The operating gate-plateM sets over the main gatepost 0, as shown infigs. l and 2, and is supported by pins m in said main post.-

The crank-parts I J of the carriage-levers I J, and the gate-plate M,are connected by the rods L K, as shown.

The gate-plate M, shown in detail in fig. 3, has a square hole, a littlelarger than the post 0, so that said plate can have a small motion,before acting on the gateBADG.

A rod, H, is hung, by eyes or staples a r', on the post 0, and on thelower end has a crank, b, the end of which is inserted in the plate M,as shown in figs. and 2, while the upper end is provided witha doublecrank,

d, which sets around the main post 0, and is attached at the end, by arod, G, to the arm F, on the gatelatch E.

Having thus fully described the construction of my gate, the operationis readily seen.

The gate being closed, as shown in drawings, and a carriage comingtowards'it from either direction, the wheel of the carriage strikes theupright part of one of the levers I orJ, and forces this part of thelever to turn down, thereby producing a motion of the cranks I J, and,through the action of the rods L K, causing a motion of the operatinggate-plate M. v

The first motion of this plate causes a motion of the crank-rod b H cl,through the action of 'the crank b, which is attached to it, whichcauses the crank d to draw on the rod-Gr, and, through the action of thearm F, raises the end of the latch E from the latch-notch in thelatch-post I, thus unlatching the gate.

The gate being thus unlatched, the action of the plate M on the mainpost 0, causes the gate to open. A

Then, on driving through the gate, the carriage-who. is driven againstthe upright part of the carriage-lever on the other side, which causesthe gate to close and latcln'by a motion of the parts which will beeasily understood, as it is simply a reverse of the motion just shownfor opening the gate.

The lower part of the post 0 may be cased with iron, if desired, toprevent any undue wear by the plate M.

It is readily seen that the main post O of the gate may be of anydesired cross-section, the plate M being then provided with acorresponding hole, of such size as to allow said plate a little play onthe post 0.

In case the post 0 is made round, a flange or projecting lip is made onits side, and a corresponding slot is made in the side of the hole inthe plate H. Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The operating gate-plate M, when constructed with a centrcl hole, ofthe. same shape and nearly the same size as the cross-section of. thegate-post O, and used around said gate-post, and in combination with therods L K and carriage-levers I I; J J, substantially as and for thepurpose herein specified.

2. The peculiar arrangement and combination of the latch E with arm F,the rod G, double crank-rod (l H b, and gate-plate M, the several partsbeing constructed and arranged as shown, and used in combiner tion withthe gate. 0 A B D, and latch-post P, substantially as and for thepurpose herein'specified.

As evidence that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of two witnesses, this 2d day of May, A. D, 1868. M

PETER MOUGEY. Witnesses:

J .elcon Mouser,- HENRY Wmenn.

